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   levee

   /ˈlɛvi/

   noun

   • 1. a formal reception of visitors or guests: "the great stop on the Washington social circuit was the diplomat's levee"
   • ▪ an afternoon assembly for men held by the British monarch or their representative: "he was presented at one of Prince Albert's levees in 1850"
   • ▪ a reception of visitors just after rising from bed.

   Word Origin late 17th century (denoting a reception of visitors after rising from bed) : from French levé, variant of lever ‘rising’, from the verb lever.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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